S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Zone of the Chernobyl

The Forgotten Path is a treacherous, overgrown trail winding from the shattered ruins of Wild Territory to the haunted depths of Yantar. Once a narrow maintenance road for industrial workers, it has long since been reclaimed by the Zone’s relentless decay. Anomalies litter the path like landmines—shimmering air distorting reality, pockets of intense heat flickering in the cold, and sudden gravitational pulses capable of crushing bone to dust. Mutant packs frequently prowl the area, from the snarling, rabid dogs lurking in the shadows to the rare, horrifying pseudogiants whose thunderous steps shake the earth itself. The path is quiet, but not peacefully so. It’s the kind of silence filled with paranoia, where every creak of metal or rustle of leaves feels like a whispered threat. Radiation drifts like poison on the breeze, clinging to every breath and staining the air with a faint, metallic taste.